George Bush wants Michael Phelps as son-in-law?

“飞鱼”菲尔普斯在北京奥运会上勇夺8金奇迹，为他带来了无比的荣誉，让他成为美国目前最炙手可热的钻石王老五，就连美国总统布什尚未结婚的女儿、26岁的芭芭拉也相中了菲尔普斯。

With eight Olympic gold medals in hand, American Michael Phelps becomes a hot golden bachelor in his country. Now Barbara Bush, George Bush's unmarried daughter, seems to have a crush on Phelps, after the president acted as go-between, U.S. media reported on Tuesday.

"Barbara, 26, often talked about Phelps, 23, with her friends even before the Beijing Olympic Games," the Globe Magazine was quoted as saying.

From her words Barbara apparently admired Phelps' swimming skills and believed he could win many gold medals. Like other American girls, Barbara also regarded Phelps as a charming and handsome athlete, and Prince Charming in her heart.

George Bush was not only with Barbara on this point but also would like to play Cupid.

In order to hook up Barbara with Phelps, George Bush took Barbara to watch Phelps' competition at the National Aquatics Center, or Water Cube where Phelps began his unprecedented eight-gold quest in men's 400 individual medley final on Aug. 10.

When Phelps started his final charge with the freestyle, Barbara stood up in cheers, waving an American national flag.

After Phelps finnaly won the gold medal, George Bush congratulated Phelps on his success and "incidentally" introduced Barbara to him, according to the Globe Magazine.

On Aug. 17,  George Bush appeared very excited of Phelps' achieving historic feat of eight golds and invited him to be a special guest in White House next month.

Bush also mentioned he will let Barbara accompany Phelps during the stay.

“飞鱼”菲尔普斯在北京奥运会上勇夺8金奇迹，为他带来了无比的荣誉，让他成为美国目前最炙手可热的钻石王老五，就连美国总统布什尚未结婚的女儿、26岁的芭芭拉也相中了菲尔普斯。据内幕人士透露，尽管菲尔普斯比芭芭拉小3岁，但布什总统却非常乐意让这样一名美国英雄做自己的女婿，甚至还亲自帮忙撮合。

和许多美国女孩一样，芭芭拉也认为菲尔普斯是一名英俊迷人的超级帅哥，并将他视为心目中的白马王子。当布什得知女儿有意选菲尔普斯做男友的消息之后，不仅欣然同意，而且表示他本人也十分看好菲尔普斯。内幕人士称，为了让女儿美梦成真，布什亲自为芭芭拉当“红娘”，带着她一起观看菲尔普斯的比赛，从而借机将女儿和菲尔普斯撮合在一起。

8月10日，布什和妻子劳拉就带着女儿芭芭拉一起前往水立方体育馆，观看有菲尔普斯出场的男子400米个人混合泳决赛。在观看比赛期间，芭芭拉神情极为专注。当菲尔普斯夺冠之后，她和父亲布什一起站起来高声欢呼，并忘情地挥舞着美国国旗。据内幕人士透露，比赛刚一结束，布什就主动向菲尔普斯表示祝贺，并“顺便”向他介绍了女儿。据透露，当菲尔普斯在北京奥运会上夺得8块金牌后，布什按捺不住喜悦心情，又邀请菲尔普斯下个月前往白宫做客。而且布什还提出，菲尔普斯在白宫做客期间，他将让女儿芭芭拉全程陪护。